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shadyridr

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Bought my wife a pair of earrings that matched a necklace I bought her for her birthday. Turns out her friend already bought them for her months ago and she's worn them many times before. So now I get blamed for not paying attention enough lol.

 
#2. My five yr old loves Lego mini figures, the marvel ones. The problem is the only way to get them is buy the expensive sets or go broke buying them off collectors online. So what does this dad of the year do? Goes on Amazon and buys a bunch of the counterfeit ones from China. They look almost exactly like the real thing. So he opens them all up and the first thing he says is "Are these real Legos?"

 
shadyridr said:
#2. My five yr old loves Lego mini figures, the marvel ones. The problem is the only way to get them is buy the expensive sets or go broke buying them off collectors online. So what does this dad of the year do? Goes on Amazon and buys a bunch of the counterfeit ones from China. They look almost exactly like the real thing. So he opens them all up and the first thing he says is "Are these real Legos?"
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It appears it's time for him to learn the ugly truth about Santa Claus.

 
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My MIL bought my girls a barbie jeep. Except she didn't charge the huge battery that takes 18 hrs for the first charge.

Sorry kiddos.

Edit - I forgot the best part. She didn't charge it because, and I quote, "Batteries scare me".

 
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Got my wife an over priced pair of shoes. Sh got all excited when she saw the box, opened them and... :sadbanana:

So, I got her a very nice ring. Can't miss she LOVES this designer. So I quickly have her open that, she gets all excited because I hid the smaller box in a large amazon box. WOOT JEWELRY!! She opens it and... :sadbanana:

I did get her one other ring that she loved but as for getting her gifts that were not on her "wish list" I went 1 for 3. :kicksrock:

 
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Got my wife an over priced pair of shoes. Sh got all excited when she saw the box, opened them and... :sadbanana:

So, I got her a very nice ring. Can't miss she LOVES this designer. So I quickly have her open that, she gets all excited because I hid the smaller box in a large amazon box. WOOT JEWELRY!! She opens it and... :sadbanana:

I did get her one other ring that she loved but as for getting her gifts that were not on her "wish list" I went 1 for 3. :kicksrock:
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Your wife sounds like a real treat.

 
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Got my wife an over priced pair of shoes. Sh got all excited when she saw the box, opened them and... :sadbanana:

So, I got her a very nice ring. Can't miss she LOVES this designer. So I quickly have her open that, she gets all excited because I hid the smaller box in a large amazon box. WOOT JEWELRY!! She opens it and... :sadbanana:

I did get her one other ring that she loved but as for getting her gifts that were not on her "wish list" I went 1 for 3. :kicksrock:
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But you're used to getting it right 1/3 of the time.
 
Wife bought me a shadow box for a Colts Peyton Manning jersey I won in a raffle. I'm not a Manning/Colts fan and was planning on Ebaying it. She also bought me a straw dispenser/straws for the gameroom. I only drink beer in the gameroom. :shrug:

 
Tom Servo said:
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Got my wife an over priced pair of shoes. Sh got all excited when she saw the box, opened them and... :sadbanana:

So, I got her a very nice ring. Can't miss she LOVES this designer. So I quickly have her open that, she gets all excited because I hid the smaller box in a large amazon box. WOOT JEWELRY!! She opens it and... :sadbanana:

I did get her one other ring that she loved but as for getting her gifts that were not on her "wish list" I went 1 for 3. :kicksrock:
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But you're used to getting it right 1/3 of the time.
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I get it right 1/3 of the time, 100% of the time.

 
We hit the jackpot with the kids for Christmas. Only problem is being a blended family sucks!!! :kicksrock:We had to take our son to his dad's for Christmas and he is all upset because he doesn't get to play with the XBOX games he got for Christmas.

 
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Rohn Jambo said:
shadyridr said:
#2. My five yr old loves Lego mini figures, the marvel ones. The problem is the only way to get them is buy the expensive sets or go broke buying them off collectors online. So what does this dad of the year do? Goes on Amazon and buys a bunch of the counterfeit ones from China. They look almost exactly like the real thing. So he opens them all up and the first thing he says is "Are these real Legos?"
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It appears it's time for him to learn the ugly truth about Santa Claus.
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That he had to lay off elves and outsource the toy making?

 
3C said:
Wife bought me a shadow box for a Colts Peyton Manning jersey I won in a raffle. I'm not a Manning/Colts fan and was planning on Ebaying it. She also bought me a straw dispenser/straws for the gameroom. I only drink beer in the gameroom. :shrug:
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Let me know before you post it. May be interested. I have a signed jersey indeed to do something with.

 
glvsav37 said:
3C said:
Wife bought me a shadow box for a Colts Peyton Manning jersey I won in a raffle. I'm not a Manning/Colts fan and was planning on Ebaying it. She also bought me a straw dispenser/straws for the gameroom. I only drink beer in the gameroom. :shrug:
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Let me know before you post it. May be interested. I have a signed jersey indeed to do something with.
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The Great FBG Swap Meet?
 
glvsav37 said:
3C said:
Wife bought me a shadow box for a Colts Peyton Manning jersey I won in a raffle. I'm not a Manning/Colts fan and was planning on Ebaying it. She also bought me a straw dispenser/straws for the gameroom. I only drink beer in the gameroom. :shrug:
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Let me know before you post it. May be interested. I have a signed jersey indeed to do something with.
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:thumbup:

COA too, but can't recall who from.

 
Officer Pete Malloy said:
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Got my wife an over priced pair of shoes. Sh got all excited when she saw the box, opened them and... :sadbanana:

So, I got her a very nice ring. Can't miss she LOVES this designer. So I quickly have her open that, she gets all excited because I hid the smaller box in a large amazon box. WOOT JEWELRY!! She opens it and... :sadbanana:

I did get her one other ring that she loved but as for getting her gifts that were not on her "wish list" I went 1 for 3. :kicksrock:
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Your wife sounds like a real treat.
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Is this normal?/wheelhouse

I'm not much of a LTR expert, but I was thinking this morning about the last Christmas with my ex-wife 15 years ago. I'm not saying it was the reason I filed but it was definitely part of the tipping point.

I'm not in a relationship right now, but in between I had 8 awesome Christmases with my ex-gf. I put a lot of thought into gift giving, making mental notes during the year and knowing what my S.O. likes. Maybe I'm weird or oversensitive but if my gf/wife was unappreciative of a Christmas gift I would have a hard time laughing that off. Conversely, I cannot imagine being anything less than gracious when opening a gift.

:oldunsure:

Pretty sure that is going to come off snobbish.

:shrug:

IDK, just can't believe how uncouth some people are about gifts.

BACK ON TOPIC

Daughter got me some ugly ### grey slippers that don't fit. I can cut her some slack, she's six. My sixteen year old son got me some cool stuff, along with the wrong model Keurig. Pretty sure I'll adjust.

He has been hating on my gift choices for a good 4-5 years. This year he finally said "Don't take this the wrong way, but...maybe this year...I like that you TRY to guess what is cool & fashionable, but, ya know...gift cards?"

:lol:

 
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BobbyLayne said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Got my wife an over priced pair of shoes. Sh got all excited when she saw the box, opened them and... :sadbanana:

So, I got her a very nice ring. Can't miss she LOVES this designer. So I quickly have her open that, she gets all excited because I hid the smaller box in a large amazon box. WOOT JEWELRY!! She opens it and... :sadbanana:

I did get her one other ring that she loved but as for getting her gifts that were not on her "wish list" I went 1 for 3. :kicksrock:
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Your wife sounds like a real treat.
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Is this normal?/wheelhouse

I'm not much of a LTR expert, but I was thinking this morning about the last Christmas with my ex-wife 15 years ago. I'm not saying it was the reason I filed but it was definitely part of the tipping point.

I'm not in a relationship right now, but in between I had 8 awesome Christmases with my ex-gf. I put a lot of thought into gift giving, making mental notes during the year and knowing what my S.O. likes. Maybe I'm weird or oversensitive but if my gf/wife was unappreciative of a Christmas gift I would have a hard time laughing that off. Conversely, I cannot imagine being anything less than gracious when opening a gift.

:oldunsure:

Pretty sure that is going to come off snobbish.

:shrug:

IDK, just can't believe how uncouth some people are about gifts.

BACK ON TOPIC

Daughter got me some ugly ### grey slippers that don't fit. I can cut her some slack, she's six. My sixteen year old son got me some cool stuff, along with the wrong model Keurig. Pretty sure I'll adjust.

He has been hating on my gift choices for a good 4-5 years. This year he finally said "Don't take this the wrong way, but...maybe this year...I like that you TRY to guess what is cool & fashionable, but, ya know...gift cards?"

:lol:
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Your son sounds like a real treat.

;)

 
My son basically owns everything that was purchased for him... Most of this #### didn't come with a gift receipt either. Prob do some toys for tots or something like that.

I'm guessing this is common amongst little children though.

 
You guys need to set a $$$ cap for gifts between you and your spouse. Trying to outdo each other and spending thousands of dollars guessing on what the other person wants is dumb.

 
shadyridr said:
Bought my wife a pair of earrings that matched a necklace I bought her for her birthday. Turns out her friend already bought them for her months ago and she's worn them many times before. So now I get blamed for not paying attention enough lol.
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I guess you are passing up the obviously :bs: here where she says her "friend bought them for her." Whose friends by them jewelry? Either she bought them herself or some a dude bought them for her.

 
eoMMan said:
You guys need to set a $$$ cap for gifts between you and your spouse. Trying to outdo each other and spending thousands of dollars guessing on what the other person wants is dumb.
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We finally started doing that a few years ago. So much less stress. Especially for me. She buys the gifts for the kids. We only buy a few small gifts for each other. Pretty much have done the same with anniversary (which is today) and birthdays.

 
Tom Servo said:
glvsav37 said:
3C said:
Wife bought me a shadow box for a Colts Peyton Manning jersey I won in a raffle. I'm not a Manning/Colts fan and was planning on Ebaying it. She also bought me a straw dispenser/straws for the gameroom. I only drink beer in the gameroom. :shrug:
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Let me know before you post it. May be interested. I have a signed jersey indeed to do something with.
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The Great FBG Swap Meet?
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:thumbup: The Great FBG Post Holiday Gift Swap- start 'er up!!

 
Officer Pete Malloy said:
Buddy Ball: Punch her in the face for me.
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Her reaction wasn't this, it was more like this so a punch to the face wasn't called for. We have been together 14 years and over this time i quickly learned that my wife is extremely picky about clothes, shoes, handbags and jewelry. Everyone in my family and hers knows it but I continue to try and come up with something she will like. Over the years I am right in that .333 success range and I am pretty happy with that. She does always give me a hug/kiss and thank me for trying.

I also appreciate that she doesn't :bs: me and keep something she wont wear just so to spare my feelings.

 
The wife and I are not the best gift givers in the world. We don't do much if anything for each other. So just know we already suck at all this.

We take the kids shopping and pretty much let them pick what they want. I've spent way too much on gifts I think the kids will want only to see them discarded right after being opened. My wife has a lot of learned helplessness. Her mom did way too much for her, and in some ways I have continued this trend. I realized that the younger ones would not get any "santa" gifts the way we were doing things but wanted to see if the wife would catch on so I said nothing. A few days before xmas I finally tell her that we didn't get any Santa gifts. It hadn't even crossed her mind. So she says she will take care of it. She gets the kids a Walmart gift card from Santa.

One of my little ones said "wow, Santa didn't even visit us. He just sent us some gift card and no presents"

So now I feel bad. In my mind I was trying to get my younger wife to start seeing things the way most adults do and handling adult responsibilities, but now I realize it was a ##### thing to do.

 
Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
Officer Pete Malloy said:
Buddy Ball: Punch her in the face for me.
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Her reaction wasn't this, it was more like this so a punch to the face wasn't called for. We have been together 14 years and over this time i quickly learned that my wife is extremely picky about clothes, shoes, handbags and jewelry. Everyone in my family and hers knows it but I continue to try and come up with something she will like. Over the years I am right in that .333 success range and I am pretty happy with that. She does always give me a hug/kiss and thank me for trying.

I also appreciate that she doesn't :bs: me and keep something she wont wear just so to spare my feelings.
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:shock:

 
It really is amazing, these stories. The selflessness of the recipients is what wells me up.

 
Sabertooth said:
shadyridr said:
Bought my wife a pair of earrings that matched a necklace I bought her for her birthday. Turns out her friend already bought them for her months ago and she's worn them many times before. So now I get blamed for not paying attention enough lol.
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I guess you are passing up the obviously :bs: here where she says her "friend bought them for her." Whose friends by them jewelry? Either she bought them herself or some a dude bought them for her.
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her best friend bought them for her in September. She even messaged me om Facebook that she bought them. I still have the message from her right now. You think I remembered that? NO
 
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We stopped giving each other gifts many years ago, instead saving the money for trips and things for the house. The past couple of years I've started buying her small things and thankfully she's cool with not feeling obligated to give back in return. She just doesn't spend on herself, so someone has to. I think since our nephews and niece are all older now, Christmas is less about them than it was when they were kids.

Some family health issues have made this a very unMerry holiday season. 2015 will be off to a rough start.

 
Papa Georgio said:
The wife and I are not the best gift givers in the world. We don't do much if anything for each other. So just know we already suck at all this.

We take the kids shopping and pretty much let them pick what they want. I've spent way too much on gifts I think the kids will want only to see them discarded right after being opened. My wife has a lot of learned helplessness. Her mom did way too much for her, and in some ways I have continued this trend. I realized that the younger ones would not get any "santa" gifts the way we were doing things but wanted to see if the wife would catch on so I said nothing. A few days before xmas I finally tell her that we didn't get any Santa gifts. It hadn't even crossed her mind. So she says she will take care of it. She gets the kids a Walmart gift card from Santa.

One of my little ones said "wow, Santa didn't even visit us. He just sent us some gift card and no presents"

So now I feel bad. In my mind I was trying to get my younger wife to start seeing things the way most adults do and handling adult responsibilities, but now I realize it was a ##### thing to do.
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wow on all this
 
shadyridr said:
#2. My five yr old loves Lego mini figures, the marvel ones. The problem is the only way to get them is buy the expensive sets or go broke buying them off collectors online. So what does this dad of the year do? Goes on Amazon and buys a bunch of the counterfeit ones from China. They look almost exactly like the real thing. So he opens them all up and the first thing he says is "Are these real Legos?"
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If your five-year-old can tell that they aren't real Legos, they really don't look that good. And if they are from China, they may have toxic components. Don't give your child lead poisoning for Christmas.

 
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eoMMan said:
You guys need to set a $$$ cap for gifts between you and your spouse. Trying to outdo each other and spending thousands of dollars guessing on what the other person wants is dumb.
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My wife and I do $300 ea.

We each make an Amazon wishlist for half of that to be spent on (so at least half the pile is stuff you really wanted), the other $150 is whatever the person wants to buy. After 15 years, we've gotten pretty good at knowing what the other will like.

 
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